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Emily Ann Gray reports a Girl Scout cookie-selling achievement and camp opportunity, 1995

Also The Cookie Master · Brownie Troop 178 cookie letter

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TypeEvent
Date1995-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1995-07
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Emily Ann Gray’s July 1995 letter thanks her family and Beaver Island cookie buyers after she became the second-highest Girl Scout cookie seller ever in the Upper Peninsula. She says the troop’s proceeds funded a weekend camp and that her own sales earned a free week at Girl Scout Camp.

Evidence limits

This is a published first-person thank-you letter, not an official sales ranking, troop financial ledger, or camp attendance record.

Sources

  1. Emily Ann Gray thanks family members and Beaver Islanders who bought cookies, reports being the second-highest cookie seller ever in the Upper Peninsula, and says troop proceeds funded a weekend camp while her sales earned a free week at Girl Scout Camp. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1995-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the published letter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Emily Ann Gray reports a Girl Scout cookie-selling achievement and camp opportunity, 1995”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-emily-ann-gray-girl-scout-cookie-award-1995/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1995, “A Nice Letter from the Cookie Master.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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